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Monday, September 27, 2010

Monday Fun: Who's on your Ugly But Sexy List?

Hey, all! It's one of those gray, rainy days when I wish I could be home in pj bottoms with a blanket and a good book. Stupid work - always getting in the way of my dreams of doing nothing!

The weekend was great, but I could use another day to recover. On Friday I went out with my friend Megan to a group psychic reading, which was really interesting even though she and I were the only two people in the room who didn't get a reading. It was still a cool experience, especially the part where she did a brief hypnosis session and I felt like I was tripping.

Anyone ever been hypnotized? It wasn't what I was expecting, that's for sure. I felt fully cognizant the whole time, but my body felt like it was made of lead and my head was clear but somehow felt like it was on another plain of consciousness. I know what drugs feel like (shhh!), and this felt very much like someone had drugged me. It was weird, but kind of cool! The mind is a powerful thing, that's for sure.

After the session Meg and I met up with Mala for a drinky-poo, but we were all kind of worn-out so it wasn't a big night on the town. Over our cocktails we did start talking about something that I knew would make a great blog post, so I quickly started jotting things down so I wouldn't forget them. Of course, as I sat down to write this post I realized that my handy-dandy list is at home on the kitchen table, so let's see how Bev's memory is, shall we?

Discussion Topic Du Jour: What celebrity do you find ugly but also oddly sexy? Here's who we came up with:

Anjelica Huston
My husband thinks she's hot, and I can't imagine why.

Javier Bardem

How can he be sexy with that mug? IDK, but he IS.

Uma Thurman
Sometimes she looks amazing. Most of the time, notsomuch.

Owen Wilson

Only a man could get away with that nose in Hollywood.

Kirstin Dunst
Snaggletooth.

Mick Jagger

Fugly, but undeniably sexy.

Sandra Bernhard
Even Playboy thought she was sexy enough for the cover.

Adrian Brody

Seriously, look at him!

Fergie Ferg
See Also: Face, Butter

Benicio Del Toro

It must be the accent.

Maggie Gyllenhaal
Nobody has ever been such a sexy Secretary, but still....

Lady GAGA

Exhibit A:

Thoughts? Who is on your "Kind of ugly but I'd still nail them like a loose floorboard" list? Spill!

27 comments:

I was hypnotized once. I felt the same way. The guy asked how long we'd thought it had been and we mostly guessed about 5 minutes. It was closer to 30. That's all I remember about it. That, and I later found out I was pregnant.

I can't stand Sandra! Seriously. Same goes for Kirstin and Uma. I think my weird crushes are chefs. My husband thinks Eric Ripert is just the worst, but I'd gladly eat a meal off of him. Bobby Flay, too.

Smama - LMAO @ "found out I was pregnant." Nice. I know what you mean about the chefs. I have a little thing for Anthony Bourdain, but in his case I'm 100% sure it's the accent.

Cary - I had to google her, but I can see the attraction AND why people say she's fug. I find her attractive but she's not as drop-dead perfect as a lot of the celebs look, which is actually a plus in my book.

But see I thought this post was going to be less celebrities most people agree are hot even with fug faces and more people who are really not very attractive that we would nail anyway. So on THAT note, I was thinking about Adam Savage. I know he's not sexy, I know it. And yet... it's his joie de vivre that gets to me. Whatever he is doing, he thinks it's exciting and hilarious and awesome and he laughs all.the.time. I can't help but think he's kind of hot for that (and he'd be good in the sack!).

Hilarious! Fergie boggles my mind. She is NOT attractive. At all. So is Sarah Jessica Parker. Like, for reals? She looks like a horse. I think Hollywood thinks we're so dumb that if they say X is attractive, we'll buy into it simply because Hollywood is perpetuating the myth.

Kevin Spacey makes my list, though. Yes, he's not attractive. But I find him extraordinarily sexy. I'd do him...I don't know why, but I would. He's like...old enough to be my father but I'd still bang him.

Jeff Goldblum definitely. And Joaquin Phoenix. I don't find him ugly when he's groomed properly, but the recent beard and general dishevelment push him over the edge into the fug zone. Still, though, there's something about his brand of cuckoo bananas that I can't resist.

Stuart, the not quite one year old I watch drops everything at the sound of Flo's voice, then stares at the TV and smiles. Weirdest thing I've ever seen.

Heidi, good news about Joaquin is that it was all a hoax and other than going along with it, he's not nuts at all. Saw him on Letterman last week and he was back to usually great self. And was a very good sport since Dave gave him a pretty good dose of shit.

Marta - I can totally see the appeal of Liam! He's just... powerful. He rocked in Taken!

Melissa - Points for good attitude - I totally get that!!

Veg. Can. - I love Kevin Spacey too, but all the rumors of him being firmly in the closet have kept me from ever seeing him as an option sexually! American Beauty is one of my favorite movies ever, though - love him in that!

Elliott - good call on Fairuza Balk. There's something frighteningly alluring (or alluringly frightening) about her. It'd be kinda hawt, really, up until she unhinged her lower jaw and began to swallow you whole.

wv: manedisa - not sure, but probably has a last name of Jackson. Just sayin'.